"I want to commend FEMA for its efforts in establishing community vaccination centers across the country..."
"I feel like the combatant commanders... their message is very different than what we're getting in a message in this budget."
"I think when you have a Battle Force 2025, because of this immediate concern, threat deterrent that we need in the Pacific."
"I think that the--what I would consider a modest current investment in modernizing the cruisers to operate for several more years with their sizable capability is something that we should maintain."
"I think that we can all agree that ransomware attacks are a National security crisis."
"I am very disappointed by the Navy budget submission, and I assume you are too."
"This is not yours or Admiral Gilday's fault because, honestly, you have been handed a bag of you-know-what from your predecessors going back 20 years."
"I hope that we are not heading toward the same mistakes today."
"But fundamentally it is the conversation that we had both in this budget cycle and will continue to have, which is we have to prioritize within affordable levels how to create not only current readine..."
"I would look forward to knowing that and having further conversations about this balance."
"I see this to be a theme with all the services in this budget."
"We are leaving a gap in countering our current growing threats today with China and Russia."